Ace shooter Gagan Narang is standard bearer
October 14th, 2010 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Rifle shooter Gagan Narang, who emerged as the best Indian athletes with four gold medals, was given the honour to carry the national flag during the athletes’ parade at the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here Thursday.
Another shooter, Olympic gold winner Abhinav Bindra, was given the honour of carrying the Indian flag and led the country’s contingent at the opening ceremony on Oct 3.
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